{"id":26948,"date":"2023-08-24T09:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26948"},"modified":"2023-08-24T09:18:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T14:18:12","slug":"thursday-update-279","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/24\/thursday-update-279\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll say it once again: If you&#8217;re not a subscriber to <a href=\"https:\/\/mdcollaborative.dm.networkforgood.com\/forms\/mmdc-network-for-good-mailing-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Vitals<\/a>, the Memphis Medical District Collective&#8217;s e-newsletter, you&#8217;re missing out. The first several news items in today&#8217;s post are from the newsletter that went out yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Health Sciences Park will hold a 901 Day celebration from 11 AM to 1 PM on Friday, September 1.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first 100 Medical District students or employees to register and show their ID will get a free lunch voucher<\/li>\n<li>Food trucks will include Paper Plate Pavilion, Memphis AF Burrito, and Nancy&#8217;s Slush Fund<\/li>\n<li>Live music by Courtney Little<\/li>\n<li>DJ Lil Milton will spin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Taste of the District, an annual event celebrating the restaurants of the Medical District, will happen in Health Sciences Park Tuesday, October 3 from 4 to 6 PM. DJ RMZI will supply the tunes as guests sample food. This is a free event but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/taste-of-the-district-community-members-tickets-700471548257?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">registration<\/a> is required.<\/p>\n<p>There will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/666515962036144\/666515988702808\/?active_tab=about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-levels yoga<\/a> in Health Sciences Park at 5:30 PM every Wednesday in September and October. Bring a mat and a water bottle.<\/p>\n<p>There will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/zumba-in-the-park-tickets-698545577627?aff=oddtdtcreator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saturday morning Zumba workouts<\/a> in Health Sciences Park on September 16 and 23 and October 7 and 21 at 10 AM.<\/p>\n<p>From the DM: The City Council threw a birthday party for member Martavius Jones on May 9, leaving an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/subscriber\/section\/metrocity-of-memphis\/article\/38075\/martavius-jones-birthday-party-cost-city-money?utm_content=subonly&amp;utm_source=article_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=article_martavius-jones-birthday-party-cost-city-money_2023-08-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$1800 tab<\/a> for taxpayers to pick up. The party was held at Downtown daiquiri bar Fat Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>I got a reader tip yesterday that Gould&#8217;s at Main and Union will be offering free chair massages every Thursday from 11 AM to 2 PM. They&#8217;re trying to capitalize on some of that to-and-from-Court-Square for traffic for the weekly food truck rodeo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foodandwine.com\/digiorno-pineapple-pickle-pizza-7775531?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_term=2023082316&amp;utm_content=link&amp;utm_campaign=foodandwine&amp;fbclid=IwAR1AGKci9EhsXEkvurh8M80RAYihyeyLl_6MupPQmRXCfufJ79E_PFOt0ho_aem_AWvrHii55DeoJOAlRoKihCYRzrt4qXFcbvBFDqmMuolQx8mxMOK6qT6QRfDBnPp7N_g&amp;mibextid=Zxz2cZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pineapple and pickle pizza is a thing<\/a> &#8211; and it&#8217;s not delivery, it&#8217;s DiGiornio.<\/p>\n<p>The U of M has announced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sportsmemphis-tigers-football\/article\/38060\/memphis-tigers-football-insider-tickets-gameday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgrades to the Liberty Bowl<\/a> improving the 2023-24 fan experience. Tiger Lane will now open 3 hours before game time and will stay open until 30 minutes before the game, with food trucks and beer sales added, as well as a larger KidZone. DJ Tanner will spin during games, enhanced fireworks will go off when the Tigers score, and two new Corky&#8217;s locations have been added.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis 901 FC and Indy Eleven drew 0-0 at AutoZone Park last night.<\/p>\n<p>There was <a href=\"https:\/\/wreg.com\/news\/local\/one-dead-after-shooting-in-downtown-memphis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a deadly shooting<\/a> in the 300 block of Poplar last night.<\/p>\n<p>Wrestling legend Terry Funk passed away at age 79 this week.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nSRyY4IM8y4?si=DzTazwloQ75Cjcrc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IiJwEKtLzes?si=N-vATtc5o-2sXfkD\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Pumpkin Spice Latte and the Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew have returned to Starbucks.<\/p>\n<p>Central Station Hotel&#8217;s Eight and Sand Lounge has a busy music weekend coming up:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tonight: Live at the Tracks 6:30-9:30<\/li>\n<li>Friday: DJ Chairman Mao 9:00-1:00<\/li>\n<li>Saturday: Cadillac Zac 9:00-1:00<\/li>\n<li>Sunday: &#8220;We Got the Jazz&#8221; with DJ Dig Dug 7:00-11:00<\/li>\n<li>Monday: Service Industry Night 4:00-11:00 with drink specials and 25% off apps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/trump-to-surrender-thursday-at-fulton-county-jail\/MPKMETROHZHHPDCCDR5MR4UVQY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Trumpster is expected to surrender<\/a> at the Fulton County, Georgia jail today to be booked on racketeering charges. Trump will become the first president to have his mug shot taken.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today. Back tomorrow with more news.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll say it once again: If you&#8217;re not a subscriber to The Vitals, the Memphis Medical District Collective&#8217;s e-newsletter, you&#8217;re missing out. The first several news items in today&#8217;s post are from the newsletter that went out yesterday. Health Sciences Park will hold a 901 Day celebration from 11 AM to 1 PM on Friday, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/24\/thursday-update-279\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thursday update&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26948"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26951,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26948\/revisions\/26951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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